Apparatus for aerating liquids.



No. 650.428. Patented May 29, I900.

0. SMITH. APPARATUS FOR AEBATING LIQUIDS.

(Application filed Aug. 10, 1899.)

(No Model.)

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OBERLIN SMITH, OF BRIDGETON, NEW JERSEY;

APPARATUS FOR AERATING Lldulos'.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 650,428, (sad iviay 29, 1966.

Application filed August 10 l 8 9 9- To ctZZ whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, OBERLIN SMITH, a citiien of the United States of America, residing in Bridgeton, in the county of Cumberland, in the State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Apparatus for Aerating Liquids, of which the following is a true and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part thereof.

My invention relates to apparatus for aerating' liquids by means of capsules containing highlycompressed or liquefied gases and which are perforated to permit the escape of the gas while inclosed in a receptacle containing the liquid to be aerated.

The object of my invention is to provide a simple and efficient apparatus for holding and charging the receptacle, and especially I have in view the aeration of liquid contained in tumblers of ordinary form.

The nature of my improvements will be best understood as described in connection with the drawings, in which they are illustrated, and in which Figure 1 is a vertical section through my apparatus and tumbler inclosed. therein, taken as on the section-line 1 l of Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is an elevation of the apparatus, the pivots between the holder and clamp being shown in section; and Fig. 3 is a cross-sea tion taken on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1.

A indicates the holder, which is preferably of the frusto-conical shape of a tumbler, as shown, and preferably also formed with a series of openings, such as the elongated slots at, so that the tumbler and its contents can be seen through the sides of the holder.

A indicates the bottom of' the holder, upon which is preferably situated an elastic pad ,or false bottom, (indicated at J A the top edge of the holder.

B B are pivots projecting trunnion-like from opposite sides of the top of the holder.

Serial No. 726,742. (No model.)

in the holder, preferably formed, as shown,

with a gasket-holding recess D, inclined inward and upward and in which is situated an elastic gasket L. The top of the cover is provided with a recess D to receive the thrust end of the rod E.

D is a boss through which and the top of the cover is formed a threaded perforation, as shown, for the threaded thrust-rod F, the stuffing-box D being provided to prevent the escape of gas through this perforation.

D is a downwardly and preferably inwardly inclined arm having its lower end inclined upwardly and shaped to form a capsule-holdingr'ecess, as indicated at D.

D indicates a perforation in the end of the capsule-holder, which is adapted to receive the socket Gof a perforating-pin G. The thrustrod F is formed with a similar perforation F to receive the socket H of a cap-piece H, and it is convenient and desirable that the sockets F and B should be made'of similar size and shape, so that the perforating-pin and cap can be reversed when it is desired.

F indicates the handle by which the thrust rod F is turned.

I indicates the tumbler in position in the holder A, its rim or edge I projecting above the top of the holder, as shown.

In practice the tumbler I is inserted in the holder, and the cap D, which is preferably dome-shaped and is preferably also entirely removable from the rest of the apparatus, is placed upon the top of the tumbler, with its inclined elastic gasket L resting on the edge. Before placing the cover in position, however, a gas-holding capsule K is placed in the holder, as shown in Fig. 1, and the thrust-rodF forced downward for a sufficient distance to insure against the escape of the capsule from the I prefer that the perforation shall be at the bottom of the capsule, so that the gas will escape downward into the liquid; but this is not essential. After the liquid in the tumbler has become thoroughly aerated, which may be facilitated by shaking the apparatus, the thrust-rod E is unscrewed, the clamp then swung to one side, and the cover D removed, whereupon the tumbler containing the fully-charged liquid can be withdrawn from the holder.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A holder A adapted to hold a liquid-receptacle, in combination with a removable cover for the receptacle having a capsule- 7 holding device projecting from its under face,

a perforating device arranged to act on a capsule in the holder and actuated from the outside of the cover and a clamp arranged to act on the holder and cover to draw the cover against the mouth of the receptacle.

, the mouth of the receptacle. 7

3. A tumbler-holder A in combination with a cover D having an inwardly and upwardly inclined elastic gasket L set in its rim, an inclined capsule-holding arm D secured to the inside of the cover so as to project into the tumbler, a capsule-perforating device actuated from the outside of the cover and 'a clamp acting on the holder and cover to clamp the latter on the edge of the tumbler.

4. A tumbler-holder in combination with a cover D having an inwardly and upwardly inclined elastic gasket L set in its rim, an inclined capsule-holding arm D secured to the inside of the cover so as to project into the tumbleracapsule-perforatingdeviceactuated from the outside of the cover and a swinging clamp pivoted on the holder and arranged to act on the cover.

5. A tumbler-holder A having openings-as a in its sides in combination with a cover D having an inwardly and upwardly inclined elastic gasket L set in its rim, an inclined capsule-holding arm'D secured to the inside of the cover so as to project into the tumbler, a capsule-perforating device actuated from the outside of the cover and a clamp acting on the holder and cover to clamp the latter on the edge of the tumbler.

6. A capsule-holder, as D D, having a perforation D in combination with a thrustrod, as F, having a perforation, as F, lying opposite to perforation D", a perforating-pin, as G, having a socket G and a cap, as H, having a socket H said sockets being adapted to fit into either perforation D or F.

'7. A holder A adapted to hold a tumblerlike liquid-receptacle in combination with a cover D adapted to close the mouth of the tumbler or similar receptacle, an inclined arm D secured to the inside of the cover and having an upwardly-turned capsule-holding endD, a thrust-rod F Working at an incline through the cover and adapted to act against a capsule in the holder and a clamp arranged to act on the holder and draw the cover against the mouth of the receptacle.

OBERLIN SMITH.

Witnesses: HUGH L. REEVES, RoBr. S. SOHERER. 

